12:08 East of Bucharest

I have to admit this movie was my least favorite of the movies shown at Signs & Wonders. I felt like there were two parts to this movie, and there wasn’t much connecting them. The firs half of the movie seemed pieced together and it really didn’t explain too much. The second half consisted of a local television show, which in my opinion had its ups and its downs. Maybe this movie isn’t about characters, or a particular story, but I felt somewhat lost the whole time – which Professor Michelson warned us would possible happen due to the high amount of Romanian “inside jokes.”

"Was it or wasn't it a revolution in their town?" I will say the content during the televised scene was the best part of the movie. The humor was so dry that – I have no idea… it was just extremely dry. It was good though. The way they kept going back and forth about the revolution and the way they continuously asked Manescu if he was, in fact, outside during the time the “revolution” took place. I guess overall I would say I was glad I watched it, but there have been others (The Apostle, Dead Man Walking) that I have enjoyed more.